WRITER

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

1868 - 1956

Photo of Evelyn Beatrice Hall

Icon of person Evelyn Beatrice Hall

Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956), who wrote under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906. In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn Beatrice Hall has received more than 760,393 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Evelyn Beatrice Hall is the 2,280th most popular writer (down from 2,273rd in 2019), the 1,691st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,759th in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The friends of Voltaire
Biography, Accessible book
1906
The life of Voltaire
Accessible book, Authors, French, Biography
1903
The women of the salons
Salons, Intellectual life, Women
1901
Basset
1910
Early-Victorian
1910
The life of Mirabeau
1908

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 2,280 out of 7,302. Before her are John W. Campbell, Henri Desgrange, Rahul Sankrityayan, Christina Rossetti, Heinrich Glarean, and Tomé Pires. After her are Robert Ressler, Harold Bloom, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Cao Yu, Ding Ling, and William Steig.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 85. Before her are José Félix Uriburu, Fakhri Pasha, Keisuke Okada, Korbinian Brodmann, Arturo Alessandri, and Venceslau Brás. After her are Wilhelm Schmidt, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Robert W. Wood, Alois Musil, Camille Jenatzy, and Oskar Merikanto. Among people deceased in 1956, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 78. Before her are Julien Benda, Jimmie Angel, Ernst Robert Curtius, Johann Radon, Guido Cantelli, and Mikheil Gelovani. After her are George Sarton, Felix Bernstein, Aino Kallas, Auguste Chevalier, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Meghnad Saha.

Others Born in 1868

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 1,691 out of 8,785. Before her are Paul Rodgers (1949), David Tennant (1971), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Brown (1921), Christina Rossetti (1830), and Elizabeth de Burgh (1289). After her are Robert Blake (1599), Charles Hatchett (1765), John Barbirolli (1899), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Pattinson (1986), and Mitch Mitchell (1947).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 181. Before her are William Caxton (1422), Matthew Arnold (1822), Rebecca West (1892), David Ogilvy (1911), Eric Knight (1897), and Christina Rossetti (1830). After her are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Donald Adamson (1939), Richard Aldington (1892), Kingsley Amis (1922), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), and Terry Eagleton (1943).

British born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous